Resident Faculty
LeeAnn Ernandes, WTEE’s Program Coordinator and Finance Manager completed her BS in Public Administration in 1970. She received her Waldorf Teacher Education in Eugene and began teaching in 1989. Presently, LeeAnn teaches in both Foundation and Education years of WTEE and mentors in various northwest Waldorf Schools.
Erika Finstad completed her Waldorf training here in Eugene and took a class successfully through eight grades immediately afterwards. During her grades teaching years, she also completed her training in Spacial Dynamics®. Erika has an MA in education. Presently, she teaches grades curriculum and movement in the adult education program.
Linda Marooney received her BA in Fine Arts in 1971. She completed Waldorf Teacher Education at Rudolf Steiner College and has taught for nearly 3 decades years in Waldorf Schools in California and Oregon as a pre-school, kindergarten, and grades teacher. Since 1996, Linda has been teaching choir, music and early grades curriculum, in WTEE.
Patrick Marooney began working in Waldorf schools in Colorado and New Mexico in 1974. He came to Eugene in 1984 after his Waldorf training at RSC in Sacramento. He taught a class through grade eight at EWS. He also developed the wood working program for EWS. Patrick studied electronics and missile guidance systems in the Navy. He taught in the Santa Cruz Arts Festival for ten years. In 1992, he joined the faculty of WTEE to teach form drawing, sciences, geometry and wood working in addition to Foundation Year seminars.
Pamela Meyer has served as eurythmy piano accompanist for many years in both EWS and WTEE. Presently, she accompanies choir and substitutes in all music courses. Pamela holds a BA in music.
Willi Müller came to the US having taught in Waldorf Schools in both Europe and South Africa for 11 years. He taught here in EWS for eight years as a class teacher, carrying responsibility for two classes during four of those eight years. After 19 years of class teaching, he initiated the Waldorf Teacher Education Program in Eugene, carrying much of the work of both the Foundation and Education Years during the first several years of the program. Presently, he concentrates on the Anthroposophical Studies Course in the Foundation Year.
Jannebeth Röell teaches visual arts and art history seminars for the Foundation Year studies of WTEE. She also holds community Arts Enrichment classes for the students and the wider community. Jannebeth has worked for many years as an art therapist and artist living in Portland, Oregon. She received her BFA from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA after having been an RN for 15 years in the Tobias Clinic, an Anthroposophical outpatient clinic in the Netherlands.
Marcia Seymour teaches Education Year curriculum and visual arts. She completed the Waldorf Teacher Education Eugene program in 2000 and took a class successfully through eighth grade at the Eugene Waldorf School. Prior to her grades teaching years she taught handwork at the school. In 1975 Marcia graduated with a BA in Fine Arts. Presently, she teaches Education Year curriculum seminars with WTEE and co-teaches 6th grade at EWS.
Lourdes Smyth has been the teacher / coordinator of the Early Childhood component of WTEE since 2002. She came to Waldorf education as one of the founding parents of the Eugene Waldorf School following a career in nursing, and has now taught kindergarten for over 25 years. Lourdes mentors in regional kindergartens and regularly gives talks on Waldorf Early Childhood in various educational forums.
Katherine Stewart teaches the movement art of eurythmy and Foundation Year seminars. She received a BA in Anthroposophical Studies from Rudolf Steiner College and subsequently trained as a eurythmist and curative eurythmist. Katherine has also taught eurythmy to kindergarten and elementary grades school children in four Waldorf Schools.
Regular Visiting Faculty
- Ina Jaehnig — Grades Seminars, Anthroposophical Studies
- Helen Lubin — Speech and Drama
- Daniel Stokes — Speech and Drama